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The girls are back! This time with a multi-part series about what happened on September 11, 2001. The upside: You won't have to wait for the rest of the series, because it all drops today! The downside: We're covering the historical event that looked at Pearl Harbor and was all, "hold my beer."

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It's Part II of our series on Empress Wu, the only female emperor of China! In this conclusion to our series, Wu goes through crown princes like Kleenex and then declares herself a living God--as you do. But surprisingly, she's not even close to being the craziest person in the royal family!

I KNOW!

Sadly, this is the last new episode for awhile. We're taking a break for a minute so that we can rest and research for season two. HOWEVER, we will continue to update the website with new material, so please be sure to check that out.

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Jonathan Clements, Wu: The Chinese Empress who schemed, seduced and murdered her way to become a living God

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-demonization-of-empress-wu-20743091/

Not quite in time for Valentine's Day, it's an episode about possibly the baddest bitch to ever exist: Wu Zetian! The only female emperor in Chinese history, Empress Wu ruled in her own right, which is cool, but to get there, she had to murder a bunch of people, which is less cool. Also featured: a LARPing crown prince, the statue of a fallen dancing boy, dueling concubines, a nunnery turned whorehouse, and an alleged murder that was probably just an elaborate setup for a really bad sex joke.

Have fun!

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Jonathan Clements, Wu: The Chinese Empress who schemed, seduced and murdered her way to become a living God

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-demonization-of-empress-wu-20743091/

In this episode, Erika and Clare discuss Elizabeth Holmes, the Stanford dropout who conned investors out of billions of dollars by promising revolutionary blood-testing technology. Our Ladies of Rudeness talk about why otherwise intelligent people fell for this OBVIOUS LIE told by a CLEAR SOCIOPATH, just because that sociopath happened to be a pretty lady in Steve Jobs cosplay.

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John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

http://www.pajiba.com/politics/the-rise-and-fall-of-elizabeth-holmes-the-blood-baroness-of-silicon-valley.php

It's not just woman-hating misogyny, it's science! In this episode, our heroes travel back in time to Tudor England to discuss all the things that the Tudors DID NOT KNOW about the human body! From birth control to insemination to infanticide, we've got you covered. Trust us: You will never be the same again.

Rated NC-17, cause no durrrrrr.

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Elizabeth Norton: The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women

Ruth Goodman: How to be a Tudor

Tracy Borman: The Private Lives of the Tudors

Hey guys: We're straight up tired of doing homework over the weekends so that we can release this podcast on mondays. To start living our best lives, we're going to begin releasing the podcast on Friday each week. But because just springing that on you with no warning would be kind of a dick move, here's a minisode to soothe the pain: We talk about suicide in Tudor England.

...maybe we should have picked a different topic...

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Elizabeth Norton: The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women

Ruth Goodman: How to be a Tudor

Tracy Borman: The Private Lives of the Tudors

Clerika makes a blatant appeal to the masses by wading into the fast food of the historical world: Tudor England. In this episode, we cover what life was like for adult women during the period, from choosing the right midwife to bewitching local children with your evil old eyes. You know, because you're too old to have your period anymore and the devil has to escape from SOME kind of orifice.

Listen, people, there's no reason to get upset--it's just science.

This episode is rated PG-13, because the subject of childbirth comes up a lot and--shockingly--so do vaginas. And butter. Together. Cause again, science.

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Elizabeth Norton: The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women

Ruth Goodman: How to be a Tudor

Tracy Borman: The Private Lives of the Tudors

This week's episode is the second part of a two-part series about Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China from roughly 1860-1908.

When we left off, Erika had just gotten into the wine and Cixi's son had just died, which should have been the end of her (since, you know, he was the only reason she was in power). In this episode, Cixi makes some bold moves--and things mostly go her way for a long, long time. So why is her historical legacy, for lack of a better word, completely f#cked? As we'll see, Cixi does make some genuinely bad decisions--no one gets in bed with the Boxer Rebellion and comes out looking good--but sometimes, her hand was forced. Like that concubine was forced, all the way down that well.

Tune in for the screaming conclusion! We promise, it's way shorter than last week's!

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Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

In this episode, Clerika travel back to 19th-century China to discuss Dowager Empress Cixi (pronounced Cee-Chee). Cixi rose from being lower-ranked concubine to dragging China--kicking and screaming--into the 19th century. So why does she still have such a bad rap? In this first of two episodes, our girls talk about Cixi's rise, and how choosing a conservative education for your child can have drastic consequences--you know, if he's the emperor or whatever. Also, at least two of Clare's cats show up.

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Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Erika and Clare are back, baby! Closing out the New Year with a reminder that you should always, always wash your butt. Yep, that's right: We're talking about the Europeans and how they couldn't keep clean to save their lives! (Or other people's noses). Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and maybe think about giving the gift of soap.

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Katherine Ashenburg, The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History.

Ruth Goodman, How to be a Tudor and How to be a Victorian